Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) 44, at 4 m—u.-nnuw&'fl Full report on page 7. The only evening in Washington witr the Associated Press news service. he Foening Htar. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 5, 6and 7B ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 31,658. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,066 TWO CENTS. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1931—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ## UP) Means Associated Press. MARSHAL JOFFRE DIES PEACEFULLY AFTER LONG FIGHT Marne Hero in Coma When End Arrives on Eve of 79th Birthday. NATIONAL FUNERAL RITES {TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY Bervices Equaling Foch’s Arranged by Cabinet at Special Session. Barthou to Be Orator. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 3.—Death came to- @y to Marshal Joffre, last of the chief Prench military leaders of the great war, after a fortnight's illness in which #t was necessary to amputate his left Jeg. The marshal would have been 79 frears old tomorrow. } ‘The end was peaceful. Three mem- pers of his family, Mme. Joffre, his #on-in-law, M. Lafile, and his brother Ferdinand; Gen. Issaly, his chief of taff; Col. Desmazes of his staff, his idoctors and a few others were present. He died without coming out from the coma which closed over him at noon Thursday, “hince. Marshal Joffre will be buried in a na- his life gradually ebbing a state of coma practically all this week except for rare intervals of 5 or 10 minutes’ Jucidity. Despite the early hour a crowd al- feady had assembled outside the Hos- pital St. Jean de Dieu, where the mar- shal has been confined for two weeks. ‘When information of the death was Prore Cacatn passeh | through " the “mort”—dea! e erowd, men bared their heads and wom- #n_made the sign of the cross. The news spread rapidly through Paris, where death had been expected for more than a week. Bells tolled and official ‘circles made preparations for honors in death due the man who in 1914 turned the invaders back from the very gates of Paris in the epic bat- tle of the Marne. His death removes from the world Btage all save three of the great mili- sary leaders of the World War, Fleld Marshal Von Hizdenburg and Gen. Eric Ludendorfl of Germany and Gen. John J. Pershing of the United States. Of ?& French leaders of note only Marshal tain, defender of Verdun, still lves, unlike Foch or .Yoflre he_never m in supreme the Prench armies. One by one, HAI‘. Cadorna, P‘:'ch and others have passed from the me. Ambassador Edge Calls. Premier Steeg was the first to arrive @t the hospital after announcement of the marshal's death. He was followed by Col. Fabry, former Joffre aide, and bassador Edge, accompanied by Norman . Armour, first secretary of the em- bassy, called shortly before the artival ~(Continued on Pue WOOD WILL DISCUSS PRIMARIES IN FORUM Chairman of House Appropriltionl Committee to Be Heard Through Station WMAL, TRADEWIND 1 OF MARSHAL JOSEPH JOFFRE. 3 GIRLS OVERCOME BY GAS IN SHOP Three Customers in Beauty Parlor Treated—Leaking Heater Is Blamed. ‘Three girl hairdressers, believed over- come by monoxide gas in a beauty patlor at 515 H street northeast, were revived by members of the Fire Rescue Bquad this afternoon. . Three woman Mrs. Charles Sowers, 18 years old; of 519 K street northeast; Miss Ethel Carr, 18 years old, of Capltol Heights, Md., and Miss Alma Hosinger, 19 years old, of Takoma Park, Md., shop employes, were unconscious when medical aid reachzd the scene. The plight of the women was dis- covered by persons on the street when one of the women, Mrs. Sowers, fell in the nh?’: doorway as she attempted to reach street. three customers were affected, Rescue squad members said they believed a gas heater in the shop was leaking. All doors and windows of the place were reported closed. 1930 INCOME TAX DROPS $70,000,000 Comparison With 1929 Made by Treasury—December De- cline, $20,000,000. By the Associated Press. Income tax collections in 1930 totaled $2,333,307,000, or $70,000,000 less than in 1929, December collections aggregated $496,- 821,226, and about $20,000,000 less than December, 1929, and brought total col- lections for the first six months of the fiscal year to $1,107,307,012, approxi- mately $78,000,000 less than in the cor- responding period of & year previous, The total for the year had been ex- pected at the Treasury today to be re- duced by $160,000,000 through the 1 per tl:;rz\; reduction in- taxes on incomes of The same factor, Treasury officials said, had been expected to produce a reduction of moooooo in collections for the first half of the present fiscal year. WILL RETAIN LEAGUE POST Sir Eric Drummond Denies He Is to Resign Secretaryship. SANTIAGO, Chile, January 3 (#).— Sir Eric Drummond, arriving here from Buencs Mru today told the Assoriated { Press that he never had entertained any thought of resigning as secretary general to the League of Nations. He denled unequivocally recent reports that his resignation was in prospect. JOURNALIST MAY GET AKERSON POST President Regrets Secre- tary’s Resignation—Not to Fill Vacancy Before Jan. 15. ‘The successor to George Akerson, who yesterday resigned as secretarygio Presi- dent Hoover, may be selected from the newspaper field in Washington, it be- came known today. Mr. Akerson's resig- nation was announced yesterday by the President in . &t a reported higher salary than he is now receiving. The President made W; he regrets losing tne service of Mr. Aker- son, and indicated be had no one in mind to appoint to succeed him. llve the impression today that he will not reach a decision before January 15. ‘The impression given by Mr. Hoover is that his first impulse would be to seek Mr. Akerson’s successor within the ranks of the Washington newspaper correspondents, the majority of whom the President is well acquainted with from his long public service in the . | Capital. However, he has said noth ing that would imply that he is deter- mined to follow this impulse when the times comes. In submifting his resignation, Mr. Akerson _stipulated no time for it to take effect. He merely mentioned “sometime in the near future.” Already speculation as to Mr. Aker- son’s successor is rampant. These ru- mors include the name of former Sen- ator Henry J. Allen of Kansas, close personal friend of the President, who was defeated for the Senate in the No- vember elections. Friends of Senator Allen said today he has told them he ‘would be compelled to decline the place if it was offered. Other names included in this specu- lation are George Barr T, writer and intimate of the A. H. Kirchhofer, the Buffalo News, former) correspondent of that paper of the directors cf publicity dunna Mr. Hoover's presidential campaign; Ash- mun Brown, Washington correspondent of the Providence, R. I., Journal; Rob- ert B. Armstrong, Washington corre- spondent of the "Tos Angeles Times and lnumlw friend of the President; James MacLafferty, former Representative rmm California’and close friend of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) — LOWNDES GIVEN POST Admiral Appointed to Bucceed Ucker on Indian Board. Rear Admiral Charles H. T. Lowndes was appointed today to the Board of Indian Commissioners. He succeeds Clement S. Ucker, whose pmee on the board has been vacant ce his death several months ago. Adml.rll Lowndes is a native of Baltimore. He was in the Medical Corps of the Navy from 1889 to 1929. V. 8. to Hear Austrian Head on Air, VIENNA, January 3 (#).—Wilhelm Milas, president of the Austrian Re- public, will broadcast & message to the people over the Columbia Broadcast! y -ry 11, ll 12 30 p.m., Eastern standard be_inf iced by Gilbert Bnkrr Bmck!on United tes Minister to Austria. vthe Direes primanes—pestruetive | RESPIRATOR GIRL” NOW SLEEPS FEARLESSLY WITHOUT MACHINE Separation From It Gradually Made by 24-Year-Old Chicago Student Nurse. of Representative Government” will be the subject of an address by Repre- sentative Will R. Wood of Indiana, outstand- the Republican National Committee for anti-Norris “respirator girl,” h-ncu McGann, s ‘won her four months' fight against 24-year-old student nurse at St. l.uxuuaqm.\. ‘whose greal enemy in her !u'lllemher-wre- cmldnmnlnp pital af from noee-ry{oru)mwuuthamuhlm torrnnul-m she is able wit QIL The fight had mfi Each effort to ON PARIS FLIGHT WITH “PAY LOAD” Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. MacLaren to Stop at Ber- muda and Azores. EXPECT TO COMPLETE JOURNEY IN 50 HOURS Ship Is Bellanca Monoplane, Simi- lar in’ Construction to the Columbia. By the Assoclated Press. STEAMSHIP BERMUDA, January 3.—The monoplane Tradewind, at- tempting a pay-load flight from New York to Paris, passed over the steamship Bermuda at 10:30 am. (E. 8. T.), fiying low and fast. The plane was heading southeast in lati- tude 35:58 and longitude 68:45, about 370 miles southeast of Am- brose Light. Weather conditions were perfect. By the Associated Pry NEW YORK, January 3.—A red haired widow and the man who taught her to ‘fly pointed the plane Trade- wind for Paris in pitch darkness early today, setting their sights for Bermuda and the Azores with a pay load. Mrs. Beryl Hart, one of the few wom- en to hold an unlimited transport license, and Lieut. William 8. Mac- Laren, former Navy fiyer, took-off from the Glenn H. Curtiss seaport in Queens at 5:50 a.m.,, circled the fleld several times in the glare of searchlights and headed over Manhattan, finally roaring away toward the tip of Long Island. Several minutes later an escort plane, occupied by W. D. Campbell, E. M. Smith and C. J. Strickland, friends of the pilots, followed them into the air. ‘The escort plane returned to the air- port about 8:30 am. bringing tidings that the ocean flight was proceeding without mllhl?d Campbell sald the Tradewind passed out over Fire Island Light, skirting the south shore of Long Island, and disap- m"d into a brilliant sunrise. When seen the craft was 30 miles east of the light, cutting a compass course for Bermuda. Lieut. MacLaren was at the controls on the getaway but Mrs. Hart was ex- pected to present, to mhh them bon vo!ll:.ugsnl.. Co: mother of Mrs. Hart, spectors and flying friends He Newuk. N. J., and Jersey City. Bermuda First Stop. The pilots planned to cut southeast over the Atlantic and land at Hamilton, Bermuda at 1:30 o'clock (Eastern standard time) this afternoon, a dis- filnce of 650 miles. Resting thres melea, they hoped to resume toe flight bout sunset and maks Horta, Azores, 1n 21 hours, traveling 2,042 miles. ‘They figured the last lap to Paris, 1,520 miles, would take them 173% hours, setting them down on the River Seine, within the city limits, in less than 50 hours. ‘They carried with them a chart of the Seine, drawn by Dieudonne Coste after he and Maurice Bellonte had landed here on their Paris-New York flight. In case the river traffic is too heavy, they will come down on a small lake just outside the city. With a desire to prove that ocean fiying can be put on & paying com- mercial basis, the pilots loaded the Tradewind with about 250 pounds of mail and foodstuffs, the first cargo load to be started across the Atlantic. The mail was cleared out of New York and was destined for stamp collectors along the way. Plane Similar-to Columbia. Their ship is a black and white Bel- lanca monoplane, similiar in construc- ticn to the Columbia, which twice conquered the Atlantic. It is powered with a 300-horsepower Wright whirl- wind motor and his equipped with pon- toons for water landings. Its tanks have a capacity of 400 gallons of gaso- line, byt only 250 gallons were aboard at_the start. They carried no radio. Weather Bureau officlals predicted favorable weather for them on the first lap, with a 15-mile-an-hour tailwind to speed them along. Ordinarily, weath- er over the Atlantic is not ideal for fiying at this time of year. Mrs. Hart is 27 years old and the widow of A. J. Hart, a New York ad- vertising man. He was killed in an automoblle accident in Cleveland 17 days after they were married and she was badly injured. She owns the lane in which they are riding and s more than 350 hours in the air to her credit with the Department of Commerce. Lieut. MacLaren is 34 and married. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, holds a co: lnthelumluservemdhubeenm instructor at the Newark is the son of Dr. William 8. Muhren physician for the Princeton University Toot ball tq'\lld TWO MARINES SHOT IN NICARAGUAN FIGHT Pair Seriously Wounded in Skir- mish Rushed to Managua Base by Airplane. By the Associated Press. MANAQGUA, Nicaragua, January 3.— Two United States Marines were seri- ously wounded today in & skirmish with insurgents in the interior. The men were brought here by airplane. s0¢ Radio Programs on Page B-12 iiis SPECIAL SESSION IS HELD UNNECESSARY BY G. 0. P. LEADERS House Republicans Plan to Speed Appropriation Measures. By the Assoclated Press. House Republican leaders plan to speed appropriation measures to pre- vent an extra session. Speaker Long- worth today outlined the Appropriation of $45,000, nw for drought relief, a deficiency bill to covef unexpected demands on various depart- ments and the annual supply bill of the ‘War Department are to be placed before the House for action Monday. ¢ ‘While sentiment apparently is grow- . | ing, particularly among the Democrats, for some sort of payment of the war service compensation certificates, the Republicans expect a Vestal'bill to re- vise.the copyright laws and the Capper- Kelly resale price bill to take right of ‘way. Hope is held for an agreement on e Shoals. The leaders also are dispose of the lame duck the Norris proposal. ‘The Wdministratign leaders In the Senate confidence today, even expressed in the face of new opposition threats, that the necessary business of Con- pression would be s statement shortly from President Hoover on_ his intentions re- the World Court. The leaders have held that a definite assurance he would not call & special session for its ratification would simplify disposal of the legislative program. Brookhart Threatens Extra Session. The new Eastern raliroad consolida- tion plan brought a fresh extra threat from Senator Brookhart, Repub- lican, Iowa, who said he would “do all I can do to force an extra session to obtain an investigation” unless the House passed the Couzens resglution to suspend all rail unification for a period. Besides Brookhart, Senators Borah, Republican, Idaho, and Caraway, Demo- crat, §rkansas, hdve said an extra ses- sion should be held, but there has been no_indication of concerted effort for a filibuster. Adding to the task of 11 lnpml’h- tion bills it must pass—three of them already thyough the House—the Senate will begin Tuesday an independent survey of the unemployment and drought relief situation to determine ‘whether its members wish to push legis- lation not included in the administra- tion’s emergency program. The latter wu compleud before the Christmas "*"The survey, to be conducted through hearings of the Appropriation Commit- tee, was ordered after President Hoover had told the Senate he had no report to submit from Chairman Woods of the Employment Committee. BLAST AT COAL MINE TRAPS FIVE WORKERS |33 Volunteer Rescuers Are BIofiked by Poisonous Gas—Special Crews Summoned. By the Assoclated Press. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohlo, Janu- ary 3.—Pive miners were trapped in No. 4 mine of the Midvale Coal Co., 3 miles south of here, by an explosion at 10:30 c.m. today. All available ambulances from Dover, New Philadelphia, Uhrichsville and Dennison were rushed to the mine. The cause of the explosion was not immediately ascertained. About 20 men were working in the mine at the time of the explosion. Officlals of the mine said they did not know whether the five trapped men were alive or ‘The shaft near the entrance was filled with poisonous gas too thick to penetrate except with gas masks. Vol- unteer rescuers dared nct go through it Special 1escue crews were summoned from Cambri Ohio. No. 4 mine a “drift” mine. It is "hlne-ud about a half mile from Mid- Chinese Battle Bflfilh Gunboat. SHANGHAI, January (A).—The Bflu;h gunboat mnm on plmfl duty t.he nngue Kiang, was attackec | insurgent ticops, whe . M" fire upon her. Warrant Is Denied Photographer Hit By Police Officer Cameraman Charged As- sault After Lieut. Maloney Pushed EquipmentinFace Joe Roberts, a camera man for the Washington Herald and Times applied to Assistant United States Attorney Pitzpatrick today for a warrant for Lieut. John Maloney, aitached to the ninth precinct, as the result of an en- counter at police headquarters today soon after the police released a police- man who had been questioned in con- nection with the death of Beulah Limerick. The camera man charged assault. Roberts said that Maloney, who was escorting & man believed by the pho- tographers to be the policeman who had been uestioned, pushed Roberts’ camera into his face and cut his chin. Later the nzw;‘ylper men learned that the man ith Maloney was & “dummy” and that while the phom phers were attempting to take his ture the pol under suspicion walked mxt of the building. nmm refused to issue the BLLGOARD USERS AID 1S REQUESTED Bloom Ask§ isers to Help Eiiminate Signs Before 1932 Fete. By appealing directly to every user of | billboard advertising in the Washing- ton area, the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission has entered up- on an energetic campaign to help rid the highway approaches to the National Capital of unsightly forms of outdoor advertising before the great influx of tourists in 1932. As an associate director of the Bi- centennial Commission, Representative Sol Bloom of New York di ed the plan at a meeting yesterday afternoon of the Committee of the National Capi- tal of the Garden Club of Ameflu, called for the purpose of operation in plans for the general un- provement of Washington's “front-door” entrances within a two-mile radius. Text of Letter. To all billboard users, Mr. Bloom sald, the Bicentennial Commission is sending the following letter: “The city of Washington duri nearly all of the year 1932 will be t.lu Mecca of vast throngs of tourists from all parts of the United States and of the world, who will be drawn here by in commemoration of the 300'.!1 anni- versary of the birth of George Wash- ington. These events, which will be under the auspices of the Federal and local governments, will last through 10 months, beginning February 22 and ending on 'rhsnn:mnx day, next year. “Washington is the most beautiful capital city in the world, but its ap- prou:hu along the highways and rail- ds through the nearby sections of Maryland and Virginia and in the Dis- trict of Columbia are marred by un- sightly billboard advertising which has aroused the cpiticism of magazine and new aper editors and numerous public- ted individuals here and in all parts ol the country. “The associate directors of the United States Commission for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Georze ‘Washington, which is a Fed- eral body created by Congress, and plmntlc citizens sveryvlute are desir< ous of seeing this condition remedlegi especially by the betlnnlnx ol 1932, this 1s done, lhe f thousands of Am';rlun vmm who bile and train throughout next year will not have their first and last impressions of the great Capital of the United States affected by unsightly approaches and environs, so far as billboard adver- tising is concerned. Would Reap Good Will. “It is urged upon all billboard adver- Hlel‘l in the Washington area to take teps as soon as ble to clear all the lpprolches to National Capital ol unsightly outdoor adyertisi miles :}, the boundaries of m-m Anniversary of the Birth of George " (Continued on Page 2, Column ) the historic events now being planned | the !oreicl this beautiful city by automo- |in variot LUCAS FACES QUIZ WITH NUTT ON FUND USE IN'NORRIS RAGE Nye Committee Seeking More Light on Origin of Money and Literature. By the Associated Press. More light on both the source of funds and the origin of literature used in a Republican campaign against re- election of Senator Norris of Nebraska will be sought next Tuesday by the Senate Campaign Funds Committee. Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, who paid for the literature, was greeted as he reached the city by train last night with a subpoena to appear at the Tuesday hearing. Chairman Nye also has summoned Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer of the Na- tional Committee. He is to be asked the original source of & special $50,000 bank account of the Republican or- ganization. This fund was pledged as security for a $4,000 loan to Lucas, about $800 of which he said was spent for anti-Norris publicity. ‘Will Take Up Klan Issue. By thorough examination of records of the Independent Publishing Co. of this city the committee will seek to establish whether any link existed be- tween the Ku Klux Klan and the anti- Norris efforts. Officers of the company, which pub- lishes the pro-Klan Fellowship Forum, have testified before the Nye eommn- tee that part of the campaign literat purchased from them by Lucas !ur an mu~Narrls drive was the same used against Alfred E. Smith, Democrsuc Druldentw candidate in 1928. Both Lucas and Nutt, however, have denied any connection with efforts to inject the “rellahul issue” in the Ne- braska senatorial contest. Quiz on Use of Money. Nutt also will be questioned as to the use of the $50,000 fund, as the commit- tee is not wholly satisfied with his reit- erated statement U‘Ilt the money went ittee treasurer said last week only $32,000 of the fund had been expended and all of this was sent into eight States Ior lllDPOl’t of Republican House candidates. thhonld:rewtdu!t.he expendi- tures was on file with the clerk of the House and demanded a public lpololy when Chairman Nye termed ac- count a “slush fund.” Nye r:plled it w:ud:‘b.rely Ppossible” it was not a slush fun ‘The North Dakotan is expected to re- turn to Washington from Florida to- morrow. His investigators have exam- ined the National Committee's report to House, but have not yet disclosed the source of the special furtd. ABSENT-MINDED MAN FORGETS HIS “LABEL” “Deat and Dumb” Peddler Replies to Policeman—Search Proves Corner Profitable. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., January 3.— Harry Gordon, street corner needle ped dler, who displayed a card reading lumb,” had a fit of absent- am deaf and p. an R.lyman mindedness when Tarr started to ask “Do you live in uu. nugnborhoofl" asked the officer. “No, I'm a stranger around here,” replied Gordon, it was testified in Po- lice Court. He was fined $10 and costs. A search of Gordon’s living quarters me-ud a number of shares of stock enterprises and a bank book lhDWmC $67_balance, police said. A New Poem t by \Mrs. Calvir. Coolidgel| Is only one of a score of exclusive and OFFICER LANGDON'S PISTOLS PROBED IN LIMERICK CASE Declares He Knew Victim of Mysterious Death Only Casually. ANOTHER PATROLMAN QUESTIONED AND FREED Fatal Bullet, Exploded Shells and Seized Guns to Be Sent to Ballistic Expert. With a policeman under detention, the inquiry into the fatal shooting of 10~ year-old Beulah Limerick branched out today as detectives uncovered addi- tional information of the girl's mascu~ line admirers. Patrolman Robert ¥. Langdon of No. 5 precinct was being held at No, 12 precinct, while police were investigat- ing two .25 caliber automatics he owns. A .25 caliber bullet was removed from Miss Limerick's brain at an autopsy Wednesday night. 4 Langdon sald he did not know the week from midnight to 8 a.m., patrolling & beat which ambraced the Nineteenth street house, where the girl was found dying in her bed about 10 o'clock Wed- nesday morning by a brother, Vernon rites were held for her yes- terday afternoon at the undertaker’ establishment where first evidence of her violent death was uncovered. Only the family and intimate friends were present. The body will be taken for burial today to Popes Creek, Md. The hour of the interment was not announced. Coroner’s Jury Sworn. A coroner's jury was sworn in at the undertaker’s place yesterday, to meet at some undetermined time, when the case is ready for presentation. Prom evidence uncovered so far de- tectives believe the girl was shot while she slept with her face to the wall. A h].nkgt and &uut‘ suvpoled to mva over her head, talnedholnulf.mlflbnflethm penetrated them. The outer covering was slightly powder stained. ‘The other occupants of the house, Capt. Kelly said, occupied sleeping quar- ters two_floors above the girl's bucnunt room. Itmpoulle bzuld.larn light caliber gun to be exploded down- stairs without ts being heard upstairs. Miss Limerick’s brother, Vernon, and Mweumtluhouunnthznlahtot the girl’s death. Both denied llll the report. Reed went out, he without noticing anything and Vernon, rising later, dhmmd something wrong with his sister. Vernon Limerick Still Held. l!oenyfiwymumd the girl's family is withholding no information. d | Vernon Limerick, however, still 'u be- ing held today at No. 5 precinet Reed, also, was under arrest, u was william Edward Paddy of the 200 block. of Fourteenth street northeast, Miss Limerick's escort to a dance, which her sister when he retlred about mldnl(m Tuesday. They were talking, he said, Supreme Court about a year ago on charges of mnspamnz liquor. SNoOW SLIDE KILLS 3 Avalanche Descends on German